Sunak courts Washington, D.C.
The meetings came as the prime minister arrived in Washington seeking closer bonds on a host of issues ranging from aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia to the growing influence of China and how to regulate artificial intelligence technologies.
The prime minister has distinguished his leadership from his recent predecessors by taking a more open view of international trade, in post-Brexit talks.with Washington might not be in the cards during the trip, saying on the plane to the U.S. capital that “for a while now, that has not been a priority for either the U.S. or U.K.”
It’s part of a broader strategy, as Britain aims to more closely tie itself to the U.S. amid multiple national security crises including the Russian invasion into Ukraine and the rising technological might of China.
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